Cinemaah

Partition Pain: There are conflicting schools of thought – one says that there is no need to portray past historical wrongs in cinema, so that peace can be maintained; others say that…

Action Stations: Amazing, that an actor’s abs and the line “what is torture for you is warm up for me” — can inspire four action films in the Baaghi franchise– this fourth…

Silent Noise: If a gimmick, like a silent movie, is to be used in a film today, the plot, situations and characters should justify it. The noisy and chaotic Ufff Yeh Siyapaa, written…

Romancing Kerala: The message finally reached Bollywood that Kerala is making great films; so it was decided that if they can’t make films like Kerala does, they will make a…

The Cop & The Fugitive: In an era, when cops could be trusted to go after criminals, without the help of computers and mobile phones, Inspector Zende made it to…

Noughts  & Crosses Becoming a Chartered Accountant (CA) is tough, and sometimes takes several attempts to crack it; so full sympathy for young students, who keep their lives on hold…

Lost Songstress: The life of Kashmiri singer Raj Begum is the subject of Songs of Paradise—a partly fictionalized biopic– directed and co-written by Danish Renzu. The singer, named Noor Begum…

The Bomb Story: Around Independence Day, there has to be at least one, if not more, film or show about patriotism. The streaming platforms have found a new way of…

Lights Off: The sci-fi-paranormal horror series, Andhera, starts by introducing the idea that darkness is devouring the city, which is entirely believable. Then goes into a dizzying maze of subplots from which…

Spy v/s Spy The deadpan spy, whose facial muscles move only when he is in disguise, is code named Salakaar (advisor) in Faruk Kabir’s web series of the same name. The show (on…